The following table explains the options and parameters that are used in /etc/ppp/peers/farISP.

Option

Definition

init '/etc/ppp/conf_hsi'

Starts
the link. init then configures the HSI interface by using the parameters in
the script /etc/ppp/conf_hsi.

local

Tells the pppd daemon not to change the state of the
Data Terminal Ready (DTR) signal. Also tells pppd to ignore the
Data Carrier Detect (DCD) input signal.

/dev/hihp1

Gives the device name of synchronous interface.

sync

Establishes
synchronous encoding for the link.

noauth

Establishes that the local system does not need to
demand authentication from the peer. However, the peer could still demand authentication.

192.168.130.10:10.0.0.25

Defines the
IP addresses of the local peer and the remote peer, separated by a
colon.

passive

Tells the pppd daemon on the local machine to go quiet after issuing
maximum number of LCP Configure-Requests and to wait for the peer to start.

persist

Tells
the pppd daemon to try to restart the link after a connection ends.

noccp, nopcomp, novj, noaccomp

Disables
the Compression Control Protocol (CCP), Protocol Field compression, Van Jacobson compression, and address
and control field compression, respectively. These forms of compression accelerate transmissions on a
dial-up link but could slow down a leased line.

Create an initialization script that is called demand, which creates the PPP link as
part of the booting process.

These lines check to see if
pppd is running. If pppd is running, it does not need to
be started.

/usr/bin/pppd call farISP

This line launches pppd. pppd reads the options from /etc/ppp/options. The call farISP
option on the command line causes it to read /etc/ppp/peers/farISP, also.

The Solaris PPP 4.0 startup script /etc/rc2.d/S47pppd invokes the demand script as
part of the Solaris booting process. The following lines in /etc/rc2.dS47pppd search for the
presence of a file that is called $PPPDIR/demand.

if [ -f $PPPDIR/demand ]; then
. $PPPDIR/demand
fi

If found, $PPPDIR/demand is executed. During the course of executing $PPPDIR/demand,
the link is established.

Note - To reach machines outside the local network, have users run telnet, ftp,
rsh, or similar commands.

See Also

If you have followed all the procedures in this chapter, you have
completed the configuration of the leased-line link. The following list provides references to related
information.